Trumpet
AF3577
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF3577 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Zaire |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Ivory side blown horn. Cf. Royal Ethn. Mus. Pub. Series 2, No. 2, Pl. 183, Fig. 5. Cf. also AF 5168. The taper behind the mouthpiece hole is shorter, and has an elliptical section. Punctuate decoration around mouthpiece-hole; on lower end of inside curve a club-shaped design (phallus?) in similar points. |
| Height | 7.14 cm |
| Length | 42.7 cm |
| Width | 0 cm |
| Depth | 6.35 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number | 27464 - Dealer's Number |
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